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Invoking the temple deity with song and dance. Mallari, played traditionally on the Nadaswaram when the ‘utsava moorthy’ or temple deity is being taken out in a procession, is performed as an invocation item in a Bharatanatyam repertoire. Here Mallari in a Bharatanatyam presentation, set to Gambhira Natai ragam and Tisra Jathi Triputa Talam, depicts the temple deity procession and ‘aarthi’ ritual of worship. The dance movements showcase different musicals instruments being played such as the Flu